Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:40:18 +0200 | From | Martin Mares <> | Subject | Re: GPL issues |
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Hello!
> That's almost forcing the person who wrote the kernel part to write > a GPL'd program JUST because there is a proprietary program using > his stuff - and THAT is insane.
If the kernel part does something, which can work _separately_, i.e., do something useful without the proprietary program, then it's very likely OK. Otherwise, the proprietery program cannot be considered a work separate from the kernel part.
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